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  • WSJ's Doug Belkin went to West Plains, Missouri to catch the high-jumping action.

    The Bar Is High for These Stubborn Competitors Douglas Belkin 2011

  • WSJ's Doug Belkin went to West Plains, Missouri to catch the high-jumping action.

    The Bar Is High for These Stubborn Competitors Douglas Belkin 2011

  • Principal dancer Andrew Veyette has a high-jumping, fast turning solo that brought the audience to its feet, and principal ballerina Maria Kowroski has a bewitching duet where she uses her deliciously long legs like tentacles to try to keep her partner, Tyler Angle, at bay.

    Tonya Plank: Is Ballet Dead? Never! New York City Ballet Presents an Enticing Evening of New Work 2008

  • "I was just a college kid -- and suddenly I was high-jumping on Johnny Carson, hanging out with Bill Cosby and going on the 'Dating Game,'" Mr. Fosbury remembers.

    Profiles in Later Life 2008

  • Plus, it looks too amazing to be true, but we checked it out -- the story of a photographer, some surfers, and a high-jumping shark.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2008 2008

  • I've now seen him as the high-jumping, fast turning servant Ali in Le Corsaire, the romantic Prince Siegfried in the tragic Swan Lake, and the cocky, flirtatious Basilio in the gorgeously Latin-flavored Don Quixote.

    Tonya Plank: Angel Corella is Nothing Less than a Contemporary Baryshnikov -- So Why Are People Not Storming the Met? 2008

  • “You could sense Coach Case was failing,” says Hal Blondeau, a high-jumping forward from Maryland.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • Did you know: Wecker is an All-American in track, finishing sixth in the javelin at last year's NCAA championships, and Madden was a prep All-American in track, high-jumping 5 feet, 11 inches.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • “You could sense Coach Case was failing,” says Hal Blondeau, a high-jumping forward from Maryland.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

  • “You could sense Coach Case was failing,” says Hal Blondeau, a high-jumping forward from Maryland.

    Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

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